diff -r 9a70208e31a7 o.n.bootstrap/src/org/netbeans/ModuleManager.java
--- a/o.n.bootstrap/src/org/netbeans/ModuleManager.java	Mon Aug 08 16:54:40 2011 +0200
+++ b/o.n.bootstrap/src/org/netbeans/ModuleManager.java	Mon Aug 08 16:55:24 2011 +0200
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@
                 // Should never happen:
                 if (other == null) throw new IllegalStateException("Should have found module: " + codeNameBase); // NOI18N
                 if (!couldBeEnabledWithEagers(other, willEnable, recursion)) return false;
-            } else if (dep.getType() == Dependency.TYPE_REQUIRES) {
+            } else if (dep.getType() == Dependency.TYPE_REQUIRES || dep.getType() == Dependency.TYPE_NEEDS) {
                 Set<Module> providers = providersOf.get(dep.getName());
                 if (providers == null) throw new IllegalStateException("Should have found a provider of: " + dep.getName()); // NOI18N
                 // Just need *one* to match.